Fastener strip



April 10, 1956 T. DERBY ET AL FASTENER STRIP Filed March 22, 1954 QZTZVIII/11111110111114 MA /6,7411 Z p gg JNVENTORS ATTOR/Vf) United tatesPatent signors to California Industrial Products Co., South Gate,Calif., a partnership Application March 22 1954, Serial No. 417,892

2 Claims. (Cl. 1--56) This invention relates to a new article ofmanufacture, it being an object of the invention to provide a stripcomprising a series of separably connected fastener elements so that thesame will facilitate the application of such fastener elements. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide means keeping a series offastener elements in orderly array so they may be successively fed topoints of application.

The invention also has for its objects to provide such means that arepositive in operation, convenient in use, easily installed in 'a workingposition and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture,relatively simple, and of general superiority and serviceability.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novelcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear inthe course of the following description. However, the drawing merelyshows and the following description merely describes, one embodiment ofthe present invention, which is given by way of illustration or exampleonly.

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in theseveral views.

Fig. l is a plan view of a fastener strip according to the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view as taken on line 33 ofFig. 2.

The drawing shows a series of similar and usually metallic fastenerelements 5 arranged in uniformly spaced and oriented relation andconnected to and by strip or tape means 6 to provide a flexible articleof manufacture capable of being rolled up or laid zig zag folds, asdesired.

The fasteners,'per se, may vary in form and design provided the samehave an outer surface capable of sticking to adhesive. The fastenersthat are shown each comprises a plate 7 extending from one side of whichis a stud 8 and from the opposite side, clinching prongs 9. The plate 7affords the surface to which the tape means 6 is adhered.

The tape means 6 is shown as two similar tapes or iatented Apr. 10, 1956bands 10 that are provided with adhesive 11, such as rubber cement orthe like, on one face. These tapes are preferably applied to the studside of plates 7 so that the same may be stripped away after the prongs9 are clinched over the article on which the fasteners are mounted.

The tapes 10 may comprise paper or other cellulosic or plastic flexiblematerial and the same may be woven or laid in strands, as desired.

While two relatively narrow tapes have been shown, the same beingapplied to opposite edges of plates 7 of the fastener elements, onewider tape may be used.

While the foregoing has illustrated and described what is nowcontemplated to be the best mode of carrying out the invention, theconstruction is, of course, subject to modification without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention. It is, therefore, notdesired to restrict the invention to the particular form of constructionillustrated and described, but to cover all modifications that may fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed v and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is:

1. A fastener strip comprising two transversely spaced longitudinalflexible tapes, the faces of said tapes being coplanar, a series ofsimilar fastener elements each formed to have a flat plate provided witha fastener stud protrudingfrom one side and element-mounting prongsprotruding from the opposite side of said plate, said tapes beingadhesively connected to the sides of the plates from which the fastenerstuds protrude, whereby both tapes are peelablein the same directionaway from said plates when the fastener elements are mounted by means ofthe prongs thereof.

2. A fastener strip comprising two transversely spaced longitudinalflexible tapes, the faces of said tapes being coplanar, a series ofsimilar fastener elements each formed to have a fiat plate provided witha fastener stud protruding from one side and element-mounting prongsprotruding from the opposite side of said plate, peelable adhesive onthe faces of the tapes and applied to the element backs on the sidesthereof from which the fastener studs protrude, whereby both tapes areadapted to be stripped in the same direction away from the fastenerssuccessively after the prongs of the latter are clinched over tosuccessively mount the fastener elements.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS429,943 McGill June 10, 1890 1,026,050 Reber May 14, 1912 1,342,712Garllus et a1 June 8, 1920 1,389,188 Elliott Aug. 30, 1921 2,132,296Hill Oct. 4, 1938

